The queen is spoiling the king and madly criticizing him for spoiling her

Gu Jianyue was rarely amused by her sister. "You, you have only known how to eat since you were little. When will you grow up?"

"It would be a shame if I don't eat it." Gu Jianchu took small sips of another serving of yam cake brought by the palace maid with a spoon.

[Ah, I've fallen into a melon field. That Minister of Rites looks so bad, it turns out he's almost been drained dry. He's been running to brothels all day and loves playing naughty games, not afraid of contracting the disease.]

The Minister of War is so poor that he's still wearing his worn-out pants. Is the Emperor withholding his monthly salary? With his position, he shouldn't be so poor, right?

Xie Ci'an, who was eating melon with Gu Jianchu, expressed that he felt wronged, and asked when he had ever embezzled a single cent from officials in the court.

Oh, so he gave all the money to his fellow villager's wife. Previously, his fellow villager had an accident while trying to save him while they were patrolling the flood, so he took on the responsibility of taking care of his wife and children. It seems the Minister of War is a really good person.

[Although the Minister of Revenue is so old, I didn't expect him to still like playing the chase game, where he can't escape even if he has wings. He even ran away with his concubine while pregnant.]

[This is so ridiculous. I didn't expect the concubine to look so much like the Minister of Revenue's former lover. She even has a certain resemblance to him.]

[The concubine is still a criminal from the previous dynasty. ]

[No way, no way, who would go to a palace banquet without their wife? Bringing a concubine along, aren't they afraid of being punished by the Emperor?]

Following Gu Jianchu's thoughts, Xie Ci'an looked at the woman next to the Minister of Revenue. He knew her. This woman was the Minister of Revenue's wife, not a concubine at all.

Could it be someone else?

Just as Xie Ci'an was suspicious, Gu Jianchu screamed again.

[It turns out that the Right Prime Minister felt that his wife was too ugly and clumsy to take out, so he married this concubine. He also took this concubine out all day long, making everyone mistakenly believe that this concubine was the Right Prime Minister's wife.]

The Right Prime Minister's wife was at home, constantly being tormented by his mother to behave properly. Meanwhile, this concubine loved to act like a spoiled child in front of the Right Prime Minister and knew how to manipulate men's hearts. Therefore, not only was she protected by the Right Prime Minister, she didn't have to pay respects to the wife, and even had her children raised by him.

The concubine's children are treated better than the original wife's. She bullies the legitimate daughter all day long. Is the Right Prime Minister's original wife really that shrewd? Even in such a situation, she still tolerates it. Isn't this simply favoring the concubine over the wife? It's no different from Liang Guiyi divorcing his wife and marrying another.

[It turns out that the wife felt that she was of low status and had no background, so she felt so inferior and was bullied.]

[This concubine was the daughter of the magistrate of Dongyang County.]

[It's bizarre that a county magistrate's daughter would become someone else's concubine. No wonder the Right Prime Minister favored his concubine over his wife.]

This was the first time Xie Ci'an knew about the family affairs of a court official.

"Achu."

Hearing his mother calling him, Gu Jianchu quickly stopped wondering about the incident and turned sideways to listen.

Before others could react, a booklet was stuffed into Gu Jianchu's hand. The booklet was wrapped in oil paper and still had a warm scent on it. It seemed that his mother had kept it close to her body, otherwise it would have been discovered by the body search nanny.

Anyone entering the palace must be searched by palace guards to prevent them from bringing in hidden sharp weapons.

Gu Jianchu asked suspiciously, "Mom, what is this thing?"

Seeing that Gu Jianchu wanted to open it and take a look, Xu quickly held down Gu Jianchu's hand to stop him, "This is a good thing that can help with pregnancy. There are many people here, so Ah Chu can take a look when there is no one in the palace."

Xu spoke mysteriously, so Gu Jianchu had to suppress her curiosity and handed the booklet to Zhuxi behind her, asking him to help her hide it.

The actions of mother and son did not escape the eyes of Concubine Shu.

Concubine Shu quietly called over her personal maid and whispered a few words in her ear.

"Madam Gu, I haven't seen you for a long time. I thought I could see you when the Lin family held a banquet before, but I didn't expect you didn't go." The right prime minister's concubine came forward familiarly and took Xu's hand, like sisters who hadn't seen each other for a long time.

Gu Jianchu looked up and down at the wife of the Right Prime Minister. She was indeed graceful. Although she was old, she was well maintained and you couldn't tell at all.

No wonder he was brought out by the Right Prime Minister to show off.

Xu said gently, "What I hate most is attending these banquets. If it's not important, I'll refuse. Is this your daughter?"

"Yes, this is my daughter. Come over and meet the wife of Marquis Nanping and the Queen." Sun pushed her daughter in front of Gu Jianchu with a pair of fox eyes.

[At the palace banquet, a concubine's daughter was brought out, and the legitimate daughter was left at home.]

[It's fine that she's pretending to be the prime minister's wife, but now she's trying to send her daughter to the palace. This is really something I've learned.]

I don’t know when my mother first discovered this fake.

The little girl was wearing a scarlet gown, which made her skin look particularly white. She bowed delicately to Gu Jianchu.

If she hadn't known that this little girl often bullied the eldest daughter at home, she would have actually believed that she was a quiet person.

"My daughter was raised by me without any rules. She doesn't know needlework, but she can play the Northern Qin." Sun focused her attention on Gu Jianchu.

Gu Jianchu leisurely ate the yam cake in front of her. Some blueberries preserved in the ice cellar were specially put into the yam, which made the taste particularly unique. She and her sister exchanged glances, and they both understood that Sun was using their mother's name to extort money.

Their mother was spoiled by their father all her life, and there had never been any concubines or maids in the family. She was very weak in these kinds of house fighting skills.

"I remember that the legitimate daughter of the Right Prime Minister's Mansion didn't look like this." Gu Jianchu said indifferently, which immediately made the mother and daughter panic.

With the queen around, Xie Ci'an was not worried at all, and these court officials could even squeeze their daughters in.

Sun calmed down and explained, "My daughter must have been very young when the Queen met her. Girls change a lot when they grow up, so she's naturally different now that she's grown up."

The legitimate daughter of the mansion did come out and mingle among the noble ladies before, but later when she gradually took control of the prime minister's mansion, she never let the legitimate daughter come out again, so that one day her own daughter could replace her.

"Really? I thought I remembered it wrong."

Gu Jianyue chimed in gently, "Your Majesty, if you remember correctly, some time ago, I went to the pharmacy to see a doctor and a little beggar stole my silver. A young girl helped me pay for it. After asking around, I found out that she was the daughter of the Prime Minister's family. I specifically asked Tinglan to send a thank you gift."

"The daughter of the Prime Minister's family really doesn't look like this."

When did that bitch go out? What a coincidence that she was run into by the Crown Prince's wife.

Very unlucky.

This is not the time to think about this. Sun suppressed her guilt and said, "The person the Crown Prince's wife saw should be my daughter's elder sister."